Wednesday, December 19, 2007

I'm back in Kamloops today for the first time in many moons, which is why things have been a little light around here. I imagine I'll still be posting over the next week or so, but perhaps not at such a torrid pace.

The world junior tournament, beginning a week from today, is really the next big event on the horizon, so it's probably time for a crash course in who's playing there. Canada has just two returning players this year (Karl Alzner and Brad Marchand) but is still considered the favourite.

Not many under-20 squads can boast two netminders who started their seasons in the NHL, that's for sure. (But more on that later.)

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A sportswriter at The Globe and Mail, James covers the NHL and the game of hockey. He is a member of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association, a radio and TV analyst with TSN and was the NHL network manager at SB Nation from 2008 to 2010. A graduate of Thompson Rivers and Ryerson universities, James grew up in Kamloops, B.C. — one of Canada's great hockey cities — and was a season ticket holder in the Blazers' glory years.

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